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Aaron Gullickson
I am a sociologist and demographer who specializes in quantitative methods. Most of my research is focused on issues of racial inequality and categorization. I am particularly interested in integrating insights from the study of racial inequality where racial categories are often treated as static and given, with work on racial boundary formation where the dynamic nature of racial categorization and identification is the object of study. Within this general area of interest, I study many particular topics such as interracial marriage, racial identification, and the life outcomes of mixed race individuals, across place and time.
Employment
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Current - 2014
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
2014 - 2007
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Columbia University
New York City, NY
2007 - 2004
Education
I was the first student to graduate from UC Berkeley’s joint PhD program in Sociology and Demography.
PhD, Sociology and Demography
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
2004
MA, Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
2001
MA, Demography
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
1999
BA, Sociology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
1998
Minor, Statistics
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
1998
Publications
The Racial Identification of Young Adults in a Racially Complex Society
Emerging Adulthood 7(2):150-161
N/A
2019
The Diverging Beliefs and Practices of the Religiously Affiliated and Unaffiliated in the United States
Sociological Science 5:361-379
N/A
2018
Patterns of racial and educational assortative mating in Brazil
Demography 51(3):835-856
N/A
2014
- Co-authored with Florencia Torche
Choosing Race: Multiracial Ancestry and Identification
Social Science Research 40(2):498-512
N/A
2011
- Co-authored with Ann Morning
Racial Boundary Formation at the Dawn of Jim Crow: The Determinants and Effects of Black/Mulatto Occupational Differences in the United States, 1880
American Journal of Sociology 116(1):187-231
N/A
2010
Comment: An Endorsement of Exchange Theory in Mate Selection
American Journal of Sociology 115(4):1243-1251
N/A
2010
- Co-authored with Vincent Kang Fu
Black-White Interracial Marriage Trends, 1850-2000
The Journal of Family History 31(3):1-24
N/A
2006
The Significance of Color Declines: A Re-Analysis of Skin Tone Differential in Post-Civil Rights America
Social Forces 84(1): 157-180
N/A
2005
Maternal Mortality as an Indicator of the Standard of Living in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Slavonia
in Robert C. Allen, Tommy Bengtsson and Martin Dribe, Living Standards in the Past: New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 277-306
N/A
2005
- Co-authored with Eugene A. Hammel
Kinship Structure and Survival: Maternal Mortality on the Croatian-Bosnian Border, 1750-1898
Population Studies 58(2):145-159
N/A
2004
- Co-authored with Eugene A. Hammel
Population-based prediction of trauma volumes at a level I trauma centre
Injury 35(12):1239-1247
N/A
2004
- Co-authored with Greg J. Beilman, Jodie H. Taylor, Lisa Job, and Jesse Moen.
Grants Awarded
The Development and Diffusion of Anti-Miscegenation Statutes in the United States, 1800-1967
Columbia University Junior Faculty Summer Research Grant, $3000
N/A
2006
Socioeconomic and Kinship Factors in Infant and Child Mortality in Historical Slavonia
National Science Foundation Grant SBR #0514291, $32,367
N/A
2005
- Co-Principal Investigator with Eugene A. Hammel
Recent Invited Talks
Recent Conference Presentations
Changes in Pan-Ethnicity and Racial Boundaries in the United States based on Interracial Marriage Patterns, 1980-2018
Poster presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting
N/A
2021
Courses Taught
I primarily teach on statistical analysis and race/ethnicity at the graduate and undergraduate level. For my statistics courses, I have developed an open access textbook that teaches statistics using R. The textbook is available here.
Sociological Research Methods
Sociology, University of Oregon
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- A two-quarter sequence in graduate level statistics for first-year graduate students.
- The course focuses heavily on practical issues of analysis using the R programming language.
- This courses uses my open-access statistics textbook available here.
Statistical Analysis in Sociology
Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
N/A
- Required statistics course for undergraduage sociology majors.
- This courses uses my open-access statistics textbook available here.
Race and Ethnicity
Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
N/A
- Undergraduate course which provides introductory and foundational concepts for the study of race and ethnicity.
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
N/A
- An upper level undergraduate course that focuses on specific topics in the field of race and ethnicity. I have taught on such topics as segregation, mixed race in the Americas, and whiteness.
Issues in Family Sociology
Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
N/A
- Upper level undergraduate course focusing on particular topics in famly sociology. I have taught it on the changing demography of the family.
Global Population
Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
N/A
- Introductory undergraduate course on demography and global population trends.
Student Advising
Michelle Alexander, Playing Gods
PhD Dissertation Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
N/A
Katie Warden, Advocacy Strategies of Parents of Children with Disabilities
PhD Dissertation Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2020
Alberto Lioy, Electoral Revolutions: A Comparative Study of Rapid Changes in Voter Turnout
PhD Dissertation Committee, Political Science, University of Oregon
N/A
2020
Natasha Erickson, Sociology of Health
Chair of Comprehensive Exam Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2020
Drew McNichols, Essays in Labor Economics
PhD Dissertation Committee, Economics, University of Oregon
N/A
2019
Nathan Biemiller, Essays in Behavioral Economics
PhD Dissertation Committee, Economics, University of Oregon
N/A
2019
Mauricio Betancourt, The effect of Cuban agroecology in mitigating the metabolic rift: a quantitative approach to Latin American food production
MA Paper Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2019
Tongy Wu. Coding Productivity: Negotiation of Ethnicized Masculine Boundaries in High-Tech Corporations
PhD Dissertation Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2018
Mirranda Willette, Food and Society
Comprehensive Exam Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2018
Natasha Erickson, Labeling and Delinquency: Assessing the Relationship between Special Education and Gifted Labels and Post High School Arrests
Chair of MA Paper Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2018
MeCherri Abedi-Anim. African Immigrant Identities: Black Identity and Racial Solidarity in Post-Civil Rights America
Chair of PhD Dissertation Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2017
Shih-Chi Lin. Structural Changes and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health in Post-reform China
Chair of PhD Dissertation Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2017
Martha Camargo, Reinvigorating the Contact Hypothesis
PhD Dissertation Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2017
Uyen Nguyen, Vietnamese American Racialization and Ethnic Organizations
PhD Dissertation Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2017
Erica G. Birk, Essays in Health and Labor
PhD Dissertation Committee, Economics, University of Oregon
N/A
2017
Joshua Melton, Beyond One-Size Fits All: Using Heterogeneous Models to Estimate School Performance in Mathematics
PhD Dissertation Committee, Education, University of Oregon
N/A
2016
Kathryn Norton-Smith, Race/Ethnicity
Comprehensive Exam Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2016
Daniel Silberman, The Punitive Hippies: Racial Group-Threat and Criminal Justice Outcomes in Oregon
Honors Thesis Advisor, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2016
Katie Warden, Race/Ethnicity
Comprehensive Exam Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2015
Anders Herreid-O’Neill, The Hyper-White City: A Critique of Gentrification-Displacement Theory
Honors Thesis Advisor, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2015
Shauna Dyer, Late to School: Public Transfers and the Educational Opportunities of Poor Mothers
MA Paper Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2014
Justin Fontenot, 3-2-1-Go! Barbells, Paleo, ! and Muscles!
MA Paper Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2014
Kathleen Thomas, Criminology
Comprehensive Exam Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2013
MeCherri Tarver, Race/Ethnicity and Migration
Chair of Comprehensive Exam Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2012
Tongyu Wu, One Store, Two Fates: Urban and Rural Workers in the Beijing Retail Stores
MA Paper Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2012
Leslie Fulbright, A coffin or a cell: An Urban Family Portrait.
MA Paper Committee, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
N/A
2012
Shi-Chi Lin, Marriage and Family
Comprehensive Exam Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2011
Uyen L. Nguyen, Vietnamese Americans and Ethnic Authenticity at a Culture Camp for Co-ethnic transracial adoptees
MA Paper Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2011
Ellen Hackenmueller, Latino Lockup: Hispanic Cultural Identity and Other Factors Influencing Successful Post-Incarceration Community Re-Entry
Honors Thesis Advisor, Clark Honors College and Department of International Studies University of Oregon
N/A
2011
Kathleen Thomas, Toward a Theory of Transnationalized Transition
MA Paper Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2010
Matt Friesen, Contesting Symbolic Violence: Counter Recruitment and Resistance to the U.S. Military in Public Education
MA Paper Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2010
Shih-Chi Lin, Is there really a demand for sons?
MA Paper Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2009
Maggie Price, The Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce: The Effects of Age at Parental Divorce on Marital Stability in Adulthood
Honors Thesis Advisor, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2009
Yusuke Makino, Poverty and Labor Market Outcomes: Life Chances of the Poor
Honors Thesis Advisor, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2009
Keith Appleby, Statistical Methods
Comprehensive Exam Committee, Sociology, University of Oregon
N/A
2008
Service, Departmental
Joint Curriculum Committee
Sociology Department, University of Oregon
N/A
2021 - 2020
Director of Graduate Studies
Sociology Department, University of Oregon
N/A
2020 - 2014
- Received Excellence Award for Director of Graduate Studies from the Graduate School at the University of Oregon in 2018
Admissions and Award Committee
Sociology Department, University of Oregon
N/A
2020 - 2014
- Chair
Merit Committee
Sociology Department, University of Oregon
N/A
2018 - 2017
Executive Committee
Sociology Department, University of Oregon
N/A
2017 - 2016
Colloquium Committee
Sociology Department, University of Oregon
N/A
2014 - 2012
- Co-Chair
Faculty Development Committee
Sociology Department, University of Oregon
N/A
2013 - 2011
Colloquium Committee
Sociology Department, University of Oregon
N/A
2010 - 2008
Joint Curriculum Committee
Sociology Department, University of Oregon
N/A
2008 - 2007
Admissions Committee
Sociology Department, Columbia University
N/A
2007 - 2006
Graduate Student Travel Grant Coordinator
Sociology Department, Columbia University
N/A
2007 - 2004
Service, University
University Senator
University of Oregon
N/A
Current - 2019
Excellence Awards Selection Committee
Graduate School, University of Oregon
N/A
2019 - 2018
Undergraduate Research Award Committee
University Libraries, University of Oregon
N/A
2019 - 2016
Communites for Accelerating the Impact of Teaching -Teaching Online
Teaching Engagement Program, University of Oregon
N/A
2018 - 2017
Advisory Committee Member
Social Sciences Instructional Lab, University of Oregon
N/A
2011 - 2010
Service, Professional
I have reviewed manuscripts for American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Demographic Research, Demography, Historical Methods, Journal of Marriage and Family, Population Research and Policy Review, Social Forces, Social Problems, Social Science Quarterly, Social Science Research, and Sociological Perspectives.
Editor
Socius, American Sociological Association
N/A
Current - 2019
- Socius is the open-access journal of the American Sociological Association.
- Co-Editor with CJ Pascoe and Ryan Light
Selection Committee, James E. Blackwell Graduate Student Paper Award
Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association
N/A
2019 - 2018
Consulting Editor
American Journal of Sociology
N/A
2016 - 2014
Advisory Editor
Sociological Perspectives, American Sociological Association
N/A
2013 - 2012
Advisory Editor
Sociological Problems
N/A
2013 - 2011
Comments on Conceptualizing and Measuring the Exchange of Beauty and Status
American Sociological Review 82(5):1093-1099
N/A
2017